The Republican party is acting as if they have no convictions. We have come to a point in American life where religion, politics, and the direction of our country are the topics of the day. We aren't dead set on talking about tv shows, movies, books, or celebrities. We have moved our focus from very trivial items to those of great importance.  I think, more often than not, Americans are awakening from their coma-culture. We have slept throughout our culture's development. We have allowed it to develop without interference from common sense or God. However, this season of sleepiness is ending and with that there will come a political revolution. A revolution that either the GOP can win over with its beliefs of limited-government or can anger by trying to be a "big-tent" party.

The GOP will be responsible for losing the healthcare debate if it doesn't wake up. The defeat will not happen because of the GOP's lack of support among its constituents or because of opinion polls. When you examine the national polls, Obama and his liberal allies are losing ground. Obama's approval rating is below 50% and Congress's has taken a dive as well. In every major concern the American people have been polled on Republicans are trusted by a majority. Furthermore, not one poll shows that healthcare is supported by the majority. In fact, every poll reveals it is supported by a small minority (about 30%). If this doesn't stop the Dems then it is up to the Republicans. They need to get their act together for the sake of the American people.

I feel as though the GOP doesn't have the equipment (to put it nicely) to stand against the liberals in a real way. The GOP has the support of the American people. They have the backing of the people who gave birth to a new political revolution. If only the Republicans would reach out and take it. Where are the GOP's answers to the problems Americans are facing? Every Republican Senator and Congressman could get behind a bill that would make state-to-state competition and tort reform a possibility. Unfortunately, they have chosen not too. They could easily go around Nancy and take this bill to the American people (the best defense is a good offense). They could promote it on every news show and at every townhall. They have the ability to make their case directly to the American  people. The protection of liberty is now in the hands of the GOP.

I have a few thoughts for Glen Beck and everyone who has the deranged belief that a third party candidate is the way to go. Those who adhere to this line of thought will be responsible for postponing the Conservative ascendency. I understand and feel the unrest within the conservative base which continues to grow daily.  I want you to hear me out here, we need to do everything within our power to block liberal-lites, i.e. McCain and Graham, from office and propel those like Palin into victory. There are some out there who believe that a third party candidate is the best way to ensure conservative victory, some believe it is the only way to go about this, and in some cases like the race in the NY - 23rd it is, but overall it is not the answer and will be detrimental to the cause of conservatism. We sent a message to the GOP establishment with the race in New York and they, I believe, are willing to listen. They have paused to heed the conservative line of thought, the same thoughts, ideas, beliefs that got them elected, and the same thoughts, ideas, and beliefs that will save this country from the grip of socialism. 

The reason I speak to you and such a fined line tone is there are whispers in the Republican party of a third party candidate for 2012. A third party candidate will not win in America, as of now, for a few reasons chief among them is funding. The Republican and Democratic parties have had decades of organizing and gathering donations and it is inconceivable for a third party to organize within the time-line we have. America is prone to voting on perception by this I mean when a party is in power and things are not going well they vote for the other party, these same voters are not open to voting for third party candidates, we know this as fact from past races. As of now, and I believe going into 2012 fifty precent or more of the Republican party does not believe a third party candidate can win (I am among them), and will not vote for one, even if there is a better conservative running as a third party candidate they believe it is morally superior to do your utmost to block those who would seek to destroy life, eliminate freedom, and enslave future generations than send a message to the two party system.

There is a solution it is that we must work within the party and send our messages through smaller elections like the NY 23rd where the consequence of loss are not as great. If you adhere to the idea that the party is not listening and will not change, my friends, I am glad to say you are wrong. The party leaders are now noticing the base's rebellion, they hear the thundering sounds of discontent within the party, and they are nervous. The actions of Michael Steel and the apologies from the NRSC about getting involved is proof that they know a fracture is impending and they will do anything to hold back the flood-gates of angry constituents. We must stay up in arms, we must continue the tea-parties, 9/12 projects, and we cannot let up when the Republicans have the majority. Our outrage cannot stop because there will be those who will fall into the grip of socialist thinking within the Republican party and we need to be there to stop them. Our cause is not to fight for the Republicans to have power. Our cause is to defend freedom, liberty, and the American way of life.

 

There exists, I believe, a growing split between the Republican establishment and the conservative base. The shift started under the Bush presidency due to the lack of practice of the conservative principles in the Republican dominated congress, senate, and the administration itself. The size of the federal government grew. The government spent gangbusters, failed to address the security of our borders, and passed liberal programs like Medicare Part D and the No Child Left Behind Act. Yes, many things Bush did were great and should be applauded. However, many of the steps our Republican leaders took during those years did not align with our core beliefs, the very beliefs that got all of those men and women elected in the first place. 

Well, what was the braking point? Because we know in every revolt, revolution, rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot, insurgence, or whatever the word is of the day there is always something that breaks the camel's back. There is always a point in time to which you can point that marks the beginning of the end. Well the camel's back broke on Sep. 7, 2008 the day Fannie and Freddie were nationalized. That day they were placed under the arm of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  At first, Hank Paulson put a maximum "investment" of $100 billion into both the Fannie and Freddie. This illegal use of tax payer dollars was authorized by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Now, remember this was just after we had given Bear Stearns 30 billion, and just before our government would allocate 700 billion dollars, illegally, to what they called the Troubled Asset Relief Program. You might ask why do you believe it was the Fannie and Freddie bailout that broke the camel's back? Because of the corruption involved and the fact that the government could have prevented it. Remember it was, I think, only a year prior that Barney Frank insured the American people that there were no problems with those companies and their business model was sound. The government began a spending spree of biblical proportions that would end up toppling 1.6 trillion dollars, they allocated tax payers money to bushiness through constitutionally illegal practices.

I understand, at that time it seemed as though the world was crashing down on us, our credit was dead locked, and banks were falling faster than the lies that come from the mouth of Nancy Pelosi. I must say this now, our fear of what might happen did not justify disregarding constitutional law. In Article 1 section 8 of the United States constitution it says congress has the ability to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports, and excises, to borrow money, to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states, to establish rules for naturalization and bankruptcy, to coin money, to fix the standard of weights and measures, to establish a post office and post roads, to issue patents and copyrights, to create courts (other than the Supreme Court), to define and punish piracies, to declare war, to raise and support an army and navy, to provide for a militia, to exercise exclusive legislative powers over the District of Columbia and other federal facilities. Then you also have the "elastic" clause which allows the government to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States." There is nothing in the constitution that gives the government the ability to reward companies who practiced bad policy by giving to them our money. It was a scary time, but something far more frightening happened we allowed, in broad view, the government to break the law. So what laws are now safe? What stops them from removing our freedom of speech or religion. This is something we must be weary of because as

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”

We as conservatives swallowed the weak border policies, watched liberal steps being taken in the medical field and within our education system, we witnessed the increase in the size and authority of the government. But we could only take it to a point. We were done when

George Bush declared, "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system."

Now, that didn't make much sense to me, or any other good hearted conservative who has supported Bush in the past. I believe at that moment in time it was the epicenter of the split between the Republican establishment and conservatives. The war for the party was about to commence. 

This war was evident throughout the 2008 campaign. The republican establishment had their liberal-lite in McCain, and we, by happenstance, had one of the purest forms of conservative in Sarah Palin. This was the Republican attempt to appease the base. I believe the fate of the Republican party will be decided in 2010. Either the party will go conservative, backing more candidates like Palin, or it will continue to dig in by trying its best to look more like liberal-lite and supporting  the McCains and Grahams of the party.This is the time to define what it means to be a Republican. It is the time for the base to rise and let the leaders know that we have a voice and we will not sit back and be the silent majority anymore.